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by varikin 14y ago
I don't think the article was saying that sans-serif is more legible than serif, but that the studies showing the serif is more readable have issues with methodology and their results are not valid. Meaning, the debate is still ongoing.
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by varikin 14y ago
Ditch the whisk? Whisks are almost as important as spatulas. Also, what is wrong with the steel bowls for mixing? What do you call a regular bowl, a rice bowl? I need something that will hold several cups of flour. And I need three because
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by varikin 14y ago
The outcome is great, but what happens when a small company sends out a friendly email like that without lawyers and things don't do so well? Has the company screwed themselves or will they just be back at square one when they have to invol
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by varikin 14y ago
> Spend some time in Marketing, Finance, etc. etc. The non-programming roles that require an understanding or programming are often in Product/Project Management. If you want to stay in a technology related field, just not programming,
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by varikin 14y ago
I image the Official Steam Box from Valve (OSBfV) wouldn't actually be that upgradable. I would want something that would fit aesthetically with my TV, XBox, etc. Trying to make the OSBfV cheap enough to entice consumers, yet pack enough of
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by varikin 14y ago
You forgot Evernote purchasing Skitch and integrating that. (Which by your numbers, I think would double the 28M).
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by varikin 14y ago
Is this the first time organic material has been confirmed outside of Earth?
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by varikin 14y ago
I once had the idea of using markov chains to help build playlists. I find the order of songs can be very important, and that way I could build a more random playlist based liking song B after song A, and just keep going. The problem was tw
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by varikin 14y ago
The place it shines is setting up a complex dev environment and snapshotting that. Then share the snapshot to other developers. They then do something like "vagrant init complex-env", "vagrant up", "vagrant ssh" and they are working in the
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by varikin 14y ago
I agree, vagrant changes everything. At the moment, it is feasible for what we at work, yet. But I really want to use it more.
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by varikin 14y ago
Hmmm...I thought there was a bit more to #import than that, but good to know.
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by varikin 14y ago
Having a limited C++ background, started with C++ in college, I have a half remembered idea about how #include works and linking and such not. When I started working with Obj-C, I found the mix of include and import. This proposal looks lik
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by varikin 14y ago
I think it said that they are planning on testing more breeds as well.
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Show HN: /etc/hosts manager for Mac(meddo.fictitiousnonsense.com)
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by varikin 14y ago
How does tooltip and hover work on an iphone/ipad app?
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by varikin 14y ago
I don't know if it is a price thing (except phone companies long ago charged for long distance, and hate giving up that fee). I think the real problem is that these gate systems at apartment complexes setup to only handle 7 digits. It was i
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by varikin 14y ago
I don't understand how ebooks can cost more than a mass production paper book. If you are familiar with the industry of producing paper and ebooks for books that are best sellers then I would really love hear about the cost difference in pr
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by varikin 14y ago
Please read the article. They didn't do anything. Someone else added them to a group called Queer Choir. They were not prompted to join. Then it was added to all their friends' timelines that they were now in this group, including parents.
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by varikin 14y ago
Do you have a link to the printing press one? Edit: I think I found it: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/355732839/save-a-piece-o... I was interested cause my wife does a lot with printing presses and we have a C&P platen press.
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by varikin 14y ago
I think having the home page marketed towards is a good plan because most small to medium businesses probably don't have security experts. In addition, having a not to hidden "Nitty Gritty Details" page for the security experts would be a g
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by varikin 14y ago
Requiring adding the page or modifying DNS or the home page (adding custom meta tag) is awesome. That way, I can't set them to scan a site I don't control. Security scans can be very invasive and I don't imagine admins want this done unknow
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by varikin 14y ago
The biggest problem is validating the download prior to installing it. The use make install or install.sh or other similar script, the following should be done: Download package md5 package verify md5 == published md5 of packge extract make
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by varikin 14y ago
As others have noted, it is partially because Crashplan is a Java based app. Partially, it is also because Crashplan runs as System, not as the user. That way, I can have Crashplan backup my wife's user account and my user account. Furtherm
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by varikin 14y ago
I had a teacher in college that was discussing the math requirement for the programming classes he taught. I was at this point past the classes being discussed. His reasoning for wanting, I think Algebra 1, for Intro to Programming (C++ at
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by varikin 14y ago
Thank you. I was have a really hard time finding a link I felt was credible. I only know if it from seeing an interview on TV.
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by varikin 14y ago
Though, is colleges (at least in Minnesota), D is also usually failing grade.
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by varikin 14y ago
>or that research firm doesn't get hired again. This is the key part. Research funded by biased parties can produce valid research and results. There is the case of the physicist that was skeptical of global warming that was funded by t
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by varikin 14y ago
I noticed the same when I was in Kuwait several years ago. I remember going to a mall on day during Ramonda. Most everything was closed as we were on the way and most of the shops were just opening around 6 with sunset being around 7. After
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by varikin 14y ago
What is a useful skill? How do you decide if it is useful? Why can't those people spend the time learning what they want to learn? Why does everything have be applicable to life in the way you imply? Do you know what someone learns from an
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by varikin 14y ago
While I agree that college is a poor substitute for vocational training or an apprenticeship, I think it can provide a great benefit. For most, college is a stepping stone to being an adult. You are now making more decisions for yourself, m

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